Looks absolutely delicious! Cooking is a girls best friend, when the going gets tough, the tough gets cooking! Well, it is 35 degrees Farenheit tonight here in so-called sunny California! It's our winter time and it has been cold.I have had Australia in my thoughts and prayers due to the raging fires. That happened over the summer this past year in the mid-western states here...a very random event with wild fires in at least seven states with not much point to how they all began. I guess it was the dry drought conditions that fueled the fires. Not fun.Take Care!Teresa in Californiahttp://amagicalwhimsy.blogspot.com/

I'm no stranger to meltdowns either, grrl, and now that you mention it, I've *pooled into goo* a time or two, or five.Never seen the likes of a Kenwood here (stateside), nor a pavlova (hopeless cook), but I am grateful for the therapists that did find me. Mainly soup, I think. And bountiful plants that grew from seed. Also, much later, a glue-stick called dawg (my sweet, dear Isla girl)."Who cares..." is right. Trusted old friends are, well, nothing short of life savers whatever form they take.

After looking up a pavlova - and admiring you tenacity at getting one to come out right, regardless of temperature - I could see the entire process as a celebration of the emblematic Kenwood and of having found ways to champion yourself in difficult times. I love symbols. xo

Ah pavlova, our unofficial national dessert. Yours looks luscious. I split at 19. My first appliance was a little sewing machine, which was subsequently stolen, but shows where my priorities lay. Now I'm thinking I need to get me a Kenwood.

Sweetie, I totally agree. We have Kenwood in various forms (my mixer is a kitchenaid, and too new to compare) which have lasted many decades, handed down from people who wanted something blue or had to move and also Kenwoods which we purchased knowing we were basically stealing crown jewels from the proprietor. It's amazing to us how sturdy. I would totally kiss your mixer!!

My inherited Ken Major makes the absolute best pavlovas and stonking cakes, along with fellow team player Ruby the Aga. There is something about going through the process of assembling the ingredients, mixing, pouring and anticipating the result that is quite meditative and I find a lot of my sewing and knitting is much the same. The small repetitive actions are almost more important than the end product - witness the pile of unfinished projects in my workroom ... I should make some bunting! Love your blog x